Railway-rail.



G. R. HANNON.

' RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1913.

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Patented Apr; 7, 1914i.-

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. Be it known that "1,.GE0RGE' R. Hanson, a citizen of the'United Statesof America, residingat' Ivesdale, in the county' of Champa-ign and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Rails,of which the following is a specification. r

This invention relates to railway-rails and more particularly, to thatform of rail the ends of which are adapted to interlock.v

Theobjects of. my invention are to provide arail which may be easily andquickly laid; to do away with the use of fish plates and bolts; and toprovide a rail -which is in efi'ect-continuous, preventing the jarringor knocking usually experienced at rail joints.

lVith these and such other objectstin View, as will hereinafter morefully appear, my

invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction of partsset forth in the deas shown most clearly at 5.

scription and claims, and which are shown in the accompanying drawings,wherein: Figure l is a perspective view of a rail embodyingmy-invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing theinterlocking of the rail ends. Fig. 3 Ba vertical sectional view of theinterlocked ends.

Referring to said drawings by numerals,

a rail provided with the usual base 1 has said base thickened, near theendof the rail, as shown most clearly at 2 Said base, at is cut away--on, its upper surface, as shown most clearlyat 3, at one side 201: therail web 4 and isunder cut on-the opposite side of said web, .The uppersurface of said base, at the under cut portion thereof, has formedthereon a thickened por tion or rib 6 terminating near the rail web in avertical face and forming, between said face and the web-a slot '1'. Theweb of .said rail is likewise thickened near the end of the rail, andpractically one-half the "web" and ball 8 are cut away at the end ofsaid rail, leaving on said cut away side the wing. webQ. The ball Sofsaid rail is provided,

slot 7. As will be readily'understood, the. ends of theira'il' areoppositely disposed counterparts'jof eachother. i

In practice my invention 18 operated as -follows The" rails are laid theends being brought together,-the wing web 9 enters the slotformedbetweenthe apron l0 and .web 4. and the slot 7', the reduced end 0f web4 of one rail end entering'the recess between wing web 9 and web 4 ofthe other rail. The under cut base portion slides upon the over cut baseortion and rests-thereon. The rails are t en spiked or otherwisefastened in place. 4

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to securebyLettem Patent, is:- a 1. In a"railway rail. a reduced ball and vwebatzeachend thereof, a wing-web at each end of said rail, said wing-webbeing suitably spaced from said reduced web, a re duced base portionunderlying said wingweb, and an under cut base portion integral 'withsaid reduced web.-

2. In a railway raiL'a reduced ball and web at each. end thereot, awingweb at each end of said rail, said wing-web being suitably spaced'from said 'reducedweb, a red'uced base portion underlying said wingwe'b,an under cut base portionintegra] with said reduced Web, said undercutbase portion being provided with a groovein the upper surfacethereofadjacent said reduced .web. and an apron on the aforesaid reduced ballportion of.'said'rail. V a o In testimonyfwhereof I hereunto-11th:; mysignature in presence of itw itnesses.

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